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"Everyone dreams of being a world champion, but being a world champion in front of people you went to school with, people who have been with you since you started out in boxing, that would be special," he said.

Ancajas (25) claimed the IBF belt last September with a unanimous decision victory over McJoe Arroyo.

He has defended the title twice, retiring Jose Alfredo Rodriguez after seven rounds in Macau and then stopping Teiru Kinoshita in in Brisbane on the Manny Pacquiao v Jeff Horn card - a show that also featured Conlan's brother Michael.